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John NORRIS

Regimental number5741
Place of birthWoodville, South Australia
SchoolWoodville & Le Fevre Peninsula Public Schools, South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMotor driver
AddressWoodville, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs J E Norris, Findon Road, Woodville, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date2 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 27 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of tuberculosis and peritonitis.
FateDied of disease 30 May 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row E, Grave No. 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
60
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Feenling Gunther Germein and Jane Elizabeth NORRIS, Woodville, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3220 Frederick James NORRIS, 10th Bn, died in France, 7 May 1917.

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